If "Education Is The New Civil Rights Movement" Then The Black Community Has A Lot Of Eugene Connor Feeding Us "Bull"

(Note: This post has been updated after I invested the time to listen to the audio report again to capture more granular details about the arguments made about the school system of Philadelphia.)

The Grio: Education as the next civil rights movement

The Grio and several other Black themed publications have taken up the theme that 'Education is the next civil rights battleground'.

From my perspective - if this is so I would like for them to enumerate who the "Eugene 'Bull' Connor" is for today.

Please show his fact to us or drop the analogy.

"When We Get People Into Power Who Love Our Black Children And Care About The Black Community Things Will Improve For The Black Community In Philadelphia"

As I matriculated through the School District Of Philadelphia in the 1980's this is the key talking point that I heard from various Black Education activists who were engaged in a "struggle".
Fast forward several decades later and - by all accounts - they have reached a "Mission Accomplished" condition of what they set out to do on the front end.   The school system and the city are run by "favorable people".   There is no "Tea Party Militia Member" around in Philly to create mischief.

The problem is, as is so often the case - the front end METHODOLOGY that has been adopted by the "Black Racial Services Machine" in Philly has been a smashing success.  The fundamental deliverable which triggered the investment of the Black community in support of its 'Community Development Hopes' has been a miserable failure.   With 160,000 school children, almost 65% Black - the Philadelphia Public Schools are now run by an state sponsored control board in search of reforms.   The poverty rate for the students is 70%.  Considering the antics that are going on in the leadership over the schools and the city - I don't have confidence that this poverty rate will be mitigated as more of them are turned into the "UN-Least of These People" based on the proper function of the local "Human Resource Development Institutions" that were so much a part of the "Black Community Development Consciousness" as power was assumed within their halls.

THIS IS A "MUST LISTEN TO" AUDIO REPORT!!!
WHYY - Radio Times - Philadelphia public schools, after Arlene Ackerman

Racism Chasers Don't Need Divergence In Race To Execute Their Forte' 

• "In a room full of Black people calling this firing 'Racism' doesn't make sense"


• "There are rules for women, there are rules for men......There are rules for Black people and there are rules for White people..............I am a double minority" 


• "We had a Black school superintendent for 11 years (prior to Ackerman). She was a beloved figure when she came in.  She was a beloved figure when she was here.  She was a beloved figure when she left.  She was a double-minority as well but she negotiated her way through it"


• "Children of color don't get a fair shake in their education unless some adult stands up for them........without someone standing up for them they are destined to receive an INFERIOR EDUCATION"


• "When there is an issue in Philadelphia and you can't figure the source of it think twice because RACE is the likely reason for it in this diverse population"


• "African Americans are a constituency that has been historically underserved" (unsaid statement - even when Favorable People are in power THIS REMAINS the case.  This should cause all CONSPIRING NEGROES to see that in compromising themselves for their political machine is merely a compromise of themselves and the institutions that are needed for their uplift)


• "People who get lynched don't get to go home and certainly they don't get almost a million dollars"


• "Scaling back Dr Ackerman's Promise Academies was like 'turning (fire) hoses on the children' "


• "The SRC sole Dr Ackerman's job and she was yet another Black woman beat up and trashed"


• "The SRC carries the White man's water"


• "The SRC favored the White Racist Supremacist Unions over African-American contractors"


• The State Of Pennsylvania Is Sitting Back And Watching Philadelphia Sink

If we hear the words "Racism" and "Lynching" ever when favorable Black Progressives hold all of the power........what chances are there that these words will be withheld when there is DIVERSITY in the power structure?

• Arlene Ackerman's Million Dollar Lynching 


• Daily News - Elmer Smith - Ackerman Gone The SRC  Remains


• About The School Reform Commission


• Time For Ackerman To Get Specific About Her Accusations


• Waste, Abuse And Some Good Ideas For Philadelphia Schools


• (Note: There are several articles on HuffPo but HuffPo is banned from this blog.  I do not syndicate forces of the destruction of Black Consciousness)

From The Article

In the most egregious example, she not only overruled the School Advisory Council at West Philadelphia High School, she implied that they had sold their children out to choose an educational management organization that had paid parents a pittance a year earlier to knock on their neighbors' doors and invite parents to school council meetings.
And they got played in a backroom maneuver after approving a vote by the Martin Luther King High School's parent-led SAC to turn over the reform of King to Mosaica Turnaround Partners.


Archie, who had recused himself from the public vote because of a prior conflict of interest, later met with John Porter of Mosaica, State Rep. Dwight Evans and Deputy Superintendent Dr. Leroy Nunery to discuss a matter that he said he couldn't vote on.


A day later, Mosaica suddenly turned down a contract at King that could have netted the company $12 million a year, clearing the way for Foundations Inc., a firm that has been a regular and generous contributor to Evans' campaign coffers.

Foundations later walked away when the tricky dealing became public. Both the SRC and Ackerman claimed to be completely in the dark about the meeting.

This is the same SRC that found itself outside the loop two months ago when the district took a $7.5 million contract for security installations from Security & Data Technologies to give the work to IBS, a minority firm Ackerman favored.

Ackerman distanced herself from that decision. Nunery later claimed he'd made the decision without consulting anyone. Somehow, a $7.5 million deal got switched without an SRC vote.

So, why would we expect them to know why an educator with such a commendable record for improving academic achievement would get ushered to the exit just before the start of a school year?

Let me suggest a reason. The SRC couldn't dismiss her for cause without implicating themselves. So, they maintained the status quo by moving Nunery up one slot to interim CEO.

Now that they've changed the name on the CEO's door, they can return to their naps.

(MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.   WHO in the Black Press will figure out what the MISSION really was?  It CLEARLY was not a mission to lift up the Black people that matriculate through the doors of the institutions.)


The School System Of Philadelphia:

• A "Mission Accomplished" School System And City Government Where "Favorable People" Are Now In Power After Decades Of "Struggle" For "Social Justice"


• A School System That Crashed And Burned Several Years Ago - A State Take-Over To Initiate Reforms


• The School System As A Contracting Scheme (Well Connected Favoritism And Minority Contracting)


• The School System As A Jobs Programs - With Principals That Did Not Have The Proper Certifications Were Placed Into Power By The Superintendent


• The Reform Plan Of The Failed "Martin Luther King Jr High School" As A Political Favoritism Scheme - The Political Hijinx In The School Reform Operators Contracting


• Claims Of Racism And Sexism In A "Mission Accomplished City"


• A School System Of 160,000 Children, 65% Black And 70% Of Them Qualifying For Free Lunch Per Their Poverty


• A Former Superintendent Is Now A "Chef Who Would Not Eat At Her Own Restaurant" Stating In Her Departure Letter That VOUCHERS To Allow The Children To "Eat Elsewhere" Is The Only Solution For Parents Who Seek Quality Education To Receive It


• The Education Of The CHILDREN Is Apparently The Lowest Priority For The Adults Involved In The Political Battle

Though Individual Players Are Tossed - THE MACHINE Always Manages To Remain Standing, Regardless Of How Much They Injure Black Students

The sad part is that Philadelphia is but one episode of a series and saga that is playing all other the nation where Black children are concerned.

As we consider what the "Black Press" DOES Choose To Invest Its Time And Investigative Resources Upon - Per The Guidance Of Its "OWNERS" - Might The Conditions Seen In Philly, Atlanta, Chicago and Newark be evidence of that which is allowed to FESTER in the dark because of the bias and ideological mission that the Black Press operates within?

Please Discontinue The "Civil Rights Meme" For Education.

YOU ARE NOT PREPARED To Treat The VIOLATIONS Of Our Black Children As An EQUAL Assault As When A "Tea Party Klansman" Does Far Less.

In Your "Struggle Meme" You Have Had So Much Success That The "Infinite Universe" That You Had Operated In Has Now Doubled Back Upon Itself.  The Tail Lights That You Are Chasing From The Car That You See In Your Windshield Belong To The Same Car That You Are Riding In.